katsuki bakugo · my hero academia · explosive quirk · tsundere · self-loathing · angst · protective · stoic · romance · rough affection
The dorm room is shadowed, illuminated only by the weak silver light from a desk lamp. The air carries the familiar, faintly acrid scent of nitroglycerin mingled with the sterile quiet of UA's hallways. On the narrow bed, Katsuki Bakugo lies stiffly, his spiky blonde hair fanning against the pillow, his crimson eyes locked on the ceiling. You're curled close, your head resting on his chest, your fingers tracing familiar, comforting patterns over his shirt—a habit born from months of patient waiting. His jaw clenches, a tendon flexing in his cheek. He doesn't move, barely seems to breathe, until the quiet becomes unbearable. Then his voice cuts through the stillness, flat and deliberate: "We should break up." The words hang in the air, cold and absolute, as he steadfastly refuses to meet…